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Marco Chiesa

Politician

Marco Chiesa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Marco Chiesa · ماركو كيسا · マルコ・キエーザ · 马科·基耶萨				[sources]
Alias	Chiesa, Marco				[sources]
Birth date	1974-10-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Lugano				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	marco.chiesa@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Marco				[sources]
Last name	Chiesa				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	French · Italian				[sources]
Title	Député au Conseil des Etats · lic. rer. pol.				[sources]
Website	www.marcochiesa.ch · marcochiesa.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21294613				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (2019-) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2019) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Chiesa				[sources]
Address	Lugano · Tessin				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-14	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Presidente UDC Svizzera dal 23.08.2020 Vicepresidente dell’UDC Svizzera: dal 2018; Municipale della Città di Lugano

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	2015-11-30	2019-12-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-11892971-22ba-4291-a951-92bd698e9e93 · ch-parl-councillor-4159

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